Ragan Consulting goes to Harvard

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 -- Some of the great minds of the 20th century have come out of Harvard University -- but what brain trust does Harvard turn to for advice on communicating with its more than 14,000 employees? The Chicago-based Ragan Consulting Group, a leading strategic employee communication firm, has signed Harvard to its client list. Ragan Consulting will help Harvard heighten the impact of employee communication and the value it provides to the universitys productivity.

In addition to Harvard, Ragan Consulting recently signed contracts with Delta Air Lines and Harrahs Entertainment Inc., which employ 74,000 and 41,000 employees, respectively.

The Ragan Consulting Group, formed in 1998, focuses exclusively on helping corporations unleash the power of employee communications. The firms counselors are experts in the areas of internal communications audits; face-to-face communications; analysis of internal media; measurement; people-strategy development; electronic communication; communications training and development; and employee orientation.

The firm recently was named one of the 10 Most Intriguing Start-Ups" by Inside PR. Its clients include Merck, Siemens, Eaton, American Century Investments, Hillenbrand, Montana Power, UPS, Wegmans food stores and Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.

The Ragan Consulting Group is a division of Lawrence Ragan Communications Inc., (http://www.ragan.com) the leading publisher of corporate communications, public relations, and leadership development newsletters for 25 years. Ragan Communications also produces communications conferences, workshops, and senior-level forums throughout the United States that attract more than 3,000 professionals annually.